[OpenAFS] Suggestions

[Derek Atkins]

It's very hard to share files off of local disks.  You certainly
cannot do so securely.  Yes, you can distribute files off of local
disks, but that is not the same thing.  Similarly, backups out
of AFS are better and easier than backups off of local disk.

Admittedly the CoW bug is horrendous, and needs to be squashed.
Question for developers: what happens if you single-thread the
fileserver (including lwp)?  Sure, performance will go to zero,
but could we then slowly thread the thing to track down the CoW
bug?

-derek

Mike Aldrich <maldrich@reserveamerica.com> writes:

> Hi,
> We have been using AFS for a couple of years now. We have two different 
> networks (for internal & external customers), both of which I set up 
> initially with TransArc, then upgraded to OpenAFS. In my opinion, AFS is the 
> best shared filesystem. My ideas on AFS are not similar to my supervisors in 
> any way. They believe storing files on local machines is a better 
> alternative. This was suggested after we experienced an outage caused by the 
> CoW bug on Linux. What I am looking for, is an argument for my superiors. 
> Would someone mind pointing me in the direction for this type of document?
> It would be greatly appreciated.
> Thanks
> Mike
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